exorcised

variants also exorcized
past tense of exorcise

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exorcised
Verb
  • This country has basically discarded them.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In his work, Fifield-Perez’s interdisciplinary practice centers the materiality of paper ephemera, everyday self- documents discarded after having fulfilled their purpose.
    Jake Richardson, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As environmental regulations limit the toxic output from smokestacks and tail pipes, particulate matter that could be absorbing or blocking incoming sunlight is being eliminated, leading to gradually warmer oceans.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • As of September, that exception has been eliminated.
    Keyaira Boone, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Screwworm infestations caused massive losses in the cattle industry before the insect was officially eradicated in the United States in the 1960s.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The flies were declared eradicated from Panama in 2006.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Witt — who started at shortstop — was removed from the game with low-back spasms.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • An ugly sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates sunk their struggling offense to new depths and at least temporarily removed Will Smith from the equation.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The season will detail 10 different cases, including a Las Vegas journalist ambushed outside his residence, a body dumped in a NYC tunnel, and a mission to discover the identity of a victim found in the East River.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Here, they’re treated like sweet potatoes or cabbages, dumped by the dozen into large plastic bags, or piled into car trunks waiting for sale.
    Haicen Yang, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Delta pilots jettisoned about 15,000 pounds of jet fuel from the Boeing 777 before returning to Los Angeles International Airport, to reduce the risks of an overweight emergency landing.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The 24-year-old's Vikings tenure lasted all of four months before he was jettisoned again, this time to the Philadelphia Eagles along with a 2026 sixth-round pick in exchange for a fifth-rounder in 2026 and a seventh-rounder in 2027.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Presumably, this is because those players lost their ‘development’ period — their early teenage years — to the war.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Eastern Washington lost its opening game last week and has not had a winning season since 2021.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In 2010, retailer Gap ditched its decades-old blue box logo for a more minimalist design.
    Ali McCadden, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In January, the insurer ditched its traditional pharmacy benefits model, dropping CVS Caremark for third-party pharmacy benefit manager services except specialty drugs.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Exorcised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exorcised. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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